The Financial and Intelligent Technology (FIT) Stream aims to train students in the domains of intelligent business technology, of which financial technology is the most well-known and representative application. Financial and intelligent technology hold the potential to revolutionize traditional business operations and lead to more innovative products, solutions, and processes, which creates value for business and society.

The FIT Stream is offered to applicants with an intermediate IT/IS or Finance/Accounting knowledge (such as completion of fundamental related courses at the undergraduate level or with relevant working experience); and aims to complement each student’s skills to a complete set to face challenges in financial and intelligent technology applications. The FIT Stream focuses on developing their capability to integrate intelligent technology with business domain knowledge. By doing so, graduates can excel in careers in managerial, technical, or innovative architect positions in their specialized business domains, such as in financial industry.

• hold a recognized Bachelor's degree from one of the tertiary education institutions in Hong Kong funded by the University Grant Committee (UGC), or equivalent, with intermediate level knowledge on IT/IS or Finance/ Accounting (such as completion of fundamental related courses at the undergraduate level or with related working experience)

Applicants whose entrance qualification is obtained from an institution where the medium of instruction is not English should fulfil the following minimum English proficiency requirement:

• a score of 79 (for tests taken prior to 21 January 2026) or 4 (for tests taken from 21 January 2026 onwards) (Internet-based Test) in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)^@#; or
• an overall band score of 6.0 in International English Language Testing System (IELTS) ^@#; or
• a score 450 in the Chinese Mainland’s College English Test (CET-6); or
• other equivalent qualifications 

^@TOEFL and IELTS scores are considered valid for two years. Applicants are required to provide their English test results obtained within the two years preceding the start of the University's application period. 'TOEFL iBT Home Edition', ‘TOEFL MyBest Score’, ‘IELTS Indicator’, ‘IELTS One Skill Retake’ and ‘IELTS Online’ are not acceptable. All TOEFL results must be sent directly by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) using CityUHK’s institution code 3401, while IELTS results must be sent via the IELTS Results Service e-delivery to 'City University of Hong Kong - Graduate School'.

^#Applicants with an IELTS overall band score of 6.0 or a TOEFL overall score of 4 will be required to pass an interview for English proficiency conducted by the concerned academic unit. Applicants with a comparable overall score of 79 or above shown on the TOEFL report may be exempt from the interview requirement. Interviews for other applicants may not be required.
 

Core Courses (15 credits within the group)

• Artificial Intelligence for Business Applications
• Blockchain Technology and Business Applications
• Business Data Analytics
• Corporate Finance
• Financial and Management Accounting
• Project Management and Quality assurance

Electives (15 credits)

• Machine Learning & Social Media Analytics
• Business Practice Internship
• Human-Computer Interaction and Multimedia
• Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship
• Investments
• Information Technology Leadership Forum
• Introduction to Financial Technologies
• Database Management Systems
• eBusiness System Integration
• Information Systems Planning and Strategy
• Information Systems Project
• Information Technology Based Business Transformation
• Systems Analysis and Design
• Large Language Model with Prompt Engineering for Business
• Information Systems Infrastructure and Security Management
• Management Consulting in Asia
• Students may also take two elective courses as approved by the MSBIS Programme Leader, one offered by the Information Systems department, one offered by any departments within the College of Business including Accountancy, Economics and Finance, Information Systems, Management, Decision Analytics Operations, and Marketing.

Department of Information Systems